Blog Updates and inspiration

In a culture where you could stay in bed all day and still not miss a beat of pop culture/news/what your friends ate for lunch, it’s easy to put exercise (or general outdoor wandering) at the end of your to-do list. When what we really should do is shut down our computers and enjoy real […]

“No one is above grace, but no one is below it either.” Before our Roadies embark on the road to tour Invisible Children films, it is tradition to host mock screenings in San Diego. They get to practice speaking, work out kinks, set up tech equipment, etc. Which means that our 20 teams are in […]

This video is Holstee’s creative spin on their manifesto. (Holstee: clothing line. Manifesto: company mantra) “The Holstee Manifesto is a call to action to live a life full of intention, creativity, passion, and community. The TEKSTartist piece came about as a desire to bring the words that craft the the Manifesto to life through art. This piece […]

Every once in a while someone does such brave thinking that it revives your hope in everything. Dan Pallotta does that kind of thinking. In his new book, Charity Case, Pallotta provides a blueprint for a revolutionary movement to change the way the public thinks about charities, about giving, about change. He shows how virtually […]

An article called “Elephants Dying in Epic Frenzy as Ivory Fuels Wars” appeared on the homepage of the New York Times website yesterday. It is a long-ish article with unsettling statistics, stories, and photos of elephants that have been killed and had their tusks hacked off. All for the ivory. We’re especially interested in this […]

You may have noticed that some people were slowing down and gazing up at the night’s sky on August 31st. It was the second full moon in a single lunar cycle – which doesn’t happen very often, thus officially classifying it as a “blue moon.” The moon’s color isn’t really blue, but people from around the […]

What do you want to do before you die? We’ve asked it before, and I’m sure we’ll ask it again. The below TED talk features Candy Chang asking the question and giving us the chance to answer it ourselves.

[Invisible Children Music: We firmly believe that music has a necessary role in giving social movements tremendous amounts of momentum. It is a universal language, and at Invisible Children, it’s important for us to be a part of that language.] Happy Labor Day, those who are celebrating today. For everyone else, Happy Average Monday. This […]

What do pirates, ice skates, and IC Roadies have in common? High school senior Laura Kessler from Long Island, NY. Like many of us at Invisible Children, Laura felt her world change after seeing IC’s first film, the Rough Cut. A firm believer in community service, Laura saw the film at 12-years-old and has since […]

A new World Bank report has found a sharp decline in the child mortality rate of African countries such as Kenya, Ethiopia, and Ghana. CNN made this infographic to show what life is like for children growing up on the world’s youngest continent.